Cross My Heart

Reminders

A/N: I haven't found anyone to fill the role of Anastasia, so imagine who you want. I will be giving you details about some of her features, but yeah. Okay enjoy

Anastasia's POV
I woke up in a room I didn't notice. The sound of machines all around me. I touched my arm and there were things poking my skin. I looked around as I started to freak out. The machine started beeping. The sound is all too familiar. A nurse rushed in with more nurses behind her.
"Ma'am I need you to calm down" She spoke English. Where was I. A body came through the door.
"Is she awake?" Ally, my friend I came to Italy with. Anxiety and fear laced in her voice. A nurse held her back, speaking Italian and pushing her out the door.
The nurse started touching things and then turned to me. My breathing is still heavy. I had a mask on that made oxygen flow through me. The nurse took it off noticing how scared I looked.
"Hey you are safe. I need you to breathe. In and out." She said while taking deep breaths explaining what to do.
I started calming down. Tears welling up in my eyes from the fear and stress of the situation I was currently in.
"Did you come here with anyone?" She asked.
"I came here with a friend. Her name is Ally. She was the one they pushed out of the door." She nodded at me. Going to get Ally.
I sat in the bed, looking up at the ceiling and my surroundings. I thought about the previous night. Memories that I wanted to forget rushing to my memory.
My heart started beating again and I started to breath harder. Instead of the nurse rushing it was Ally.
"Hey Ana it's Ally. I need you to breathe." She held my hand in hers. Demonstrating how to breathe. I started to calm down.
"You found her?" The nurse asked. Ally nodded her head as she walked over to the machines.
"I'm sorry but she started breathing hard and I got freaked out." She started to explain to the nurse who came over to where we were.
"Anastasia how are you feeling?" The nurse asked me.
"Dizzy and sore." I said looking down at the needles in my arm.
"Do you know what Month and year it is?" She asked.
A silence filled the room as I tried to remember.
"June 2015" Thank god.
"Good job. Are you hungry?" She asked. Ally rubbed my arm.
"I am okay right now but thank you" She gave me a quick smile and walked out the door.
"Did you already call my mom?" Ally nodded and gave me a small smile.
"She's on her way to the hospital right now, she landed 30 minutes ago." She said as she sat next to me in the bed
"How long have I been asleep?" I asked, turning my head to look at Ally.
"Like 2 days," She said quietly.
"What the hell!" I yelled "Wait wait, how did you know i was here?" I asked
"I checked everywhere for you. I came here hoping to god you were here because you would be safe, i asked a nurse and she said you were here. There was a guy waiting for you in the lobby. He gave me this to give to you." She said as she pulled out a cross necklace, and handed it to me.
What guy? My mind searched for any memory of who he was. And then it clicked. Those green eyes. The green eyes I could never forget.
"Do you remember anyone?" Ally asked as she handed me the necklace. I took the necklace in my hands. Okay, think... Anna think. Green eyes. Green eyes, long brown hair, necklace. Tattoos. What was his name?
"H, H!" That's all i Remember. Shit why can't I remember anything. He was waiting?
"Hey, that's good. It's gonna be okay." Ally said as she wrapped her arms around me.
"Is he still here?" I asked. She shook her head. I looked down at the necklace I held in my hands.
"He said he was sorry, but he had to go. He basically got dragged out by his friends." She let out a small laugh. Then she focused her attention back on me.
"What happened?" Ally looked at me. Shame in her eyes. She's been dreading this question.
"We went to a club that night. Do you remember what for?" It took me a minute but I remembered, it was her birthday. I nodded my head, as I fiddled with the necklace and she continued. "We were there for about 3 hours. I went to dance and you stayed at the table talking to some guy, I think his name was Luke." Shit no, no. A tear slipped down my cheek. Memories flooded my mind. "I came back after 10 minutes to get a napkin because someone spilled their drink on me." She paused and a tear slipped from her eye. "And you were gone. I started to panic. I asked everyone. The bartenders, security, strangers. No one knew where you went." She whipped her eyes and hugged me tightly. "I thought i lost you." She said crying on my shoulder.
"You are never gonna lose me. Okay." I told her. She nodded her head. Tears falling from both of our eyes.
"Do you remember what happened?" She asked as she sat up to look at me. I nodded my head slowly.
"I was talking to him. He went to the bar and brought me back a drink." She looked down as she shook her head.
"Fuck" She mumbled under her breath, more tears coming down her cheeks. "Anna. What the hell." She said. She wasn't mad, just disappointed. This was something that has happened before. Not to me, but to her. I was terrified that night. Me and a bunch of our friends from college found her lying on the sidewalk in front of a 7-11. She had bruises everywhere and her clothes were ripped. But she put up a hell of a fight. The man showed up to the hospital looking 10 times worse than she did. After that our school gave us a whole presentation on safe drinking. She was humiliated, and did online school for the rest of the year, untill graduation. I thought I learned what to do. But obviously that didn't stick with me that night.
"I'm sorry" I cried into her chest. She wrapped her arms around me as we both cried. She ran her fingers through my hair, something we found relaxes the both of us.
"Can you tell me what happened after that?" She asked, still staying in the same position. I nodded, and took some deep breaths.
"I started getting dizzy so he said he would take me to the hotel. I told him that you were still in there and he said he would get one of his friends to tell you. He walked over to this group of guys and said something. My hearing started to fade so i only heard them say yes." I whipped the tears from my eyes.
"It's okay. Keep going" She said rubbing my back. I took a deep breath and continued.
"Luke started to walk out and the further we got from the club the more tighter he held me. I told him he was hurting me. I tried to pull away and he slapped me and told me not to do that again. I tried screaming for help but he pushed me and my head hit the floor. I tried to get up but then he kicked me." I started crying thinking back to that moment. I didn't think I was gonna be here.
I took a deep breath and continued. "He was smiling the whole time." I sobbed harder. Ally was crying too. I could tell she was trying not too. "I eventually got to a point where i was able to punch him, then i kicked him, so he cant have kids." We both let out a small laugh.
"I'm so sorry" I sobbed.
"You don't need to apologize. It's okay, you're safe now nobody is gonna hurt you." She rubbed my back as I sobbed. We stayed like that for a while.
"We don't need to continue if you don't want to." I remember when we were in the same position 2 years ago. But I was the one comforting her. She was strong, and brave. I knew I had to be strong for not only her but for me so I continued.
"There was a guy on the street. So I got up and ran. I fell and tripped, but I kept running.I didn't look back. I just kept running. I screamed for help. And then someone heard me." Those green eyes. How could I forget them.
Ally hugged me again, we were both sobbing again. The door opened and my mom ran in.
"Anastasia are you okay?" She ran over to the bed and wrapped her arms around me. I cried into her.
"I wanna go home now. Please." I sobbed.
"We are going when you are okay to leave." She said looking at me. Fear filled her now watery eyes as she looked at me. She softly picked my head up and rubbed her thumb on my cheak. "Anna..." I looked at her and started to cry into her chest again.
"Im so sorry mom. I was being stupid. I wasnt thinking. I promise I will never do that ever again." I sobbed.
"Shhhhhh..... I know you didnt mean for any of this to happen. It's not your fault sweetheart." She moved so she was laying on the bed next to me. I laid my head on her lap, and she ran her fingers through my hair. My eyes started to feel heavy. And they soon closed. I was exhausted, and sore. I felt hopeless. I held the necklace to my chest and remembered his eyes. Those beautiful eyes.

I woke up to my mom and the doctor talking. Ally was asleep in the chair next to the bed.
"Mom?" I asked her to turn around and looked at me. And then I saw the doctor. Shit.
"Hello Anastasia" That voice. I remember that voice.
"Luke?" I cried.
I looked back at my mom but she was gone. I looked over to Ally and she was no longer there either. He started slowly walking over to me.
"Miss me?" He said coming closer. My breathing picked up.
I quickly got out of the bed. Trying to get out of the room. Suddenly there were no doors.
"You thought you could get away from us that easily?" The other men from that night filled the room. Coming closer. I slid down the wall and curled up in a ball.
"No..NO..."

"Please don't hurt me please! I wont run this time! Just leave me alone..." I cried.
"Anna it was a dream wake up please!" Ally started shaking me. I sat up. Out of breath, my body was shaking, I was drenched in sweat. The necklace was still in my hands. I held onto it, like if i let go of it, it was going to disappear like the man who gave it to me.
"No no i can't go back." I cried into her chest as she wrapped her arms around me.
"You aren't going anywhere Anna. No one's gonna hurt you anymore. You are safe now." She held me tight as I cried.
This was not going to be easy.

A/N: The next chapter is sad. It's in Harry's POV. It's what I would think Harry would do. I cried writing it. But it's gonna be good. Remember to Treat People with Kindness.

With all the Love. -E